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Julia L. Jennison

Shareholder | West Palm Beach

Chair of: Real Estate Development

Vice-Chair of: Land Use and Real Estate Law

561-640-0820 | jjennison@llw-law.com | Untitled-2

Ms. Jennison’s practice focuses on environmental, land use, water resources, tribal, development and and real estate law.

Areas of Practice

  • Represents government entities, special districts, municipalities, counties, private land owners and private sector clients in all aspects of state and federal environmental resource permitting, state water use permitting, mitigation banking and endangered species matters. This representation includes advising clients through all phases of local, state and federal approval processes from the application through administrative, local, or federal challenges that may ensue, including before the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the five Florida water management districts, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and other agencies.

  • Represents Tribal entities on various water resource, wetlands, and land use and zoning issues and real estate issues, including development and permitting of mixed use development, due diligence, placing land into trust, and development of ordinances.

  • Represents public and private clients in all aspects of real estate, including environmental analysis and due diligence, drafting and analysis of easements, deeds, covenants and restrictions, and special assets evaluation from an environmental permitting perspective.

  • Represents clients in real estate negotiations, transactions and related matters and disputes, including representation as title agent, obtaining title commitments/insurance, review, analysis and removal of encumbrances, title objection letters through closing.

  • Represents government entities and private sector clients in all aspects of mitigation banking including permitting, due diligence, obtaining title commitments/insurance, review, analysis and removal of encumbrances including oil, gas and mineral rights and easements, enforcement and sale of mitigation banks.

Publications and Presentations

Professional, Civic and Community Involvement

  • The Florida Bar, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, Development and Land Use Committee, Past Chair; Fellows Committee, Co-Vice Chair; Fellow, 2014-2016

  • The Florida Bar, Environmental and Land Use Law Section, Past CLE Co-Chair

  • The Palm Beach County Bar Association, Environmental and Land Use Law Committee, Member

  • The American Bar Association, SEER Section Member

  • Tribal In-House Counsel Association, Member

  • Florida Association of Mitigation Bankers, Member

  • Leadership Palm Beach County, Class of 2008

  • The American Heart Association, Lawyers Have Heart Committee

  • The Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County, Board Member (2015-2018)

  • Friends of the Gale Academy of Environmental Science and Technology, Forest Hill High School, Board Member and Past President; Recipient of the 2017 Environmental Tree Award for outstanding love, dedication and commitment to environmental education

Awards and Recognitions

  • Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch, Environmental Law and Real Estate Law, 2024- Present

  • Palm Beach Illustrated Magazine Top Lawyer in Real Estate Law, 2020-present

  • Recipient of the 2017 Environmental Tree Award for outstanding love, dedication and commitment to environmental education

Practices

Education

  • J.D., University of Miami School of Law, 2004

  • B.S., Palm Beach Atlantic University, 1999